Foreign affairs
Baltic ministers, in US, voice concern over possible trade wars
The Baltic foreign ministers voiced their concern over possible trade wars during their joint meeting with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Monday. […]
Crimea
Foreign affairs
Russia responsible for worsening situation of Crimea’s Tatars – Lithuanian president
Russia is responsible for the worsening situation of the Tatar community in Crimea, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė said at a meeting with leaders of Crimea’s Tatars – deputy speakers of Mejlis. […]
Foreign affairs
CORPORATE
G. Kirkilas: 2G against common Lithuanian foreign and defence policy
Two young political party leaders – the Conservatives’ Gabrielius Landsbergis and LSDP’s Gintautas Paluckas – two weeks ago ruined signing the traditional parliamentary political party agreement on foreign, security and defence policy for 2018-2020, which […]
Uncategorized
Lithuanian president in Davos: Russia to remain aggressive after presidential election
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, who is in Davos for the World Economic Forum, says that Russia will remain aggressive and destabilizing after the upcoming presidential election in the country. […]
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Crimea will always be part of Ukraine – Lithuanian Constitutional Court chief tells Tatars
Crimea is part of Ukraine, regardless of annexation of the peninsula by Russia four years ago, Lithuania’s Constitutional Court chairman Dainius Žalimas said at a meeting with Crimea’s Tatars in Kiev. […]
Defence
Sweden’s defence minister: Unrest in Baltic Sea region would be handled by all
All of the countries of the Baltic Sea region would have to respond to possible unrest in the region, although some of them are not members of NATO, Sweden’s Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist has said in Lithuania. […]
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How to make the deal of the deals with Russia? After dinner with E. Lucas
Edward Lucas, the former senior editor of the Economist, visited Vilnius on January 10th — once again, should we say. He lived in Lithuania in the Nineties and is such a frequent commentator and visitor in Lithuania that he even speaks the language a bit. His work has been revolving around Russia for so long that he has become a synonym for Russophobia, an accusation he is sharing with the three Baltic States. […]
CORPORATE
Benefits to Lithuania in the EU-Russian economic war
Lithuanians have adapted well to the European Union‘s economic sanctions on Russia and its retaliatory bans on European imports. Though the export of Lithuanian origin goods to Russia has almost halved since the Crimean annexation […]
Politics
Foreign minister may think he’s not member of Lithuania’s cabinet – PM
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius possibly thinks he is not a member of the government, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said in response to the minister’s scepticism about his idea of reinstating the intergovernmental task force with Russia. […]
Economy
Lithuanian government backs proposal to ban ‘warmongering’ goods
The Lithuanian government supports a proposal to ban by law the sale of goods designed to promote war and a positive attitude toward aggression against other states. […]
Defence
Prosecutors: Lithuanian Migration Dept didn’t leak classified info to Russian judges
The Lithuanian Prosecutor General’s Office announced on Tuesday that the Migration Department did not disclose classified information to judges of the Russian Constitutional Court who were banned from entering Lithuania due to annexation of Crimea. […]
CORPORATE
The Baltic states in Russian military strategy
Today, it is generally accepted inside NATO that the events of 2014 marked Russia‘s turn towards an avowedly revisionist course, whose ambit extends well beyond Ukraine itself. Were it not for Moscow’s justification of its […]
Defence
CORPORATE
Why do the current sanctions against Russia not stop the war in Ukraine?
Following the political changes that began in Ukraine in 2013, Russia has commenced a hybrid war, which culminated not only in the violation of Ukraine’s territorial integrity but also in the annexation of Crimea as […]
CORPORATE
NATO-Russia relations: messages from Zapad 2017
National strategy requires us to analyze across all dimensions relations of power and observe the ways implemented to realize it. When we think about military strategy, we examine operational and tactical doctrine and its application […]
CORPORATE
Lithuanian military representative: the information war is fought for hearts and minds
It has been known since ancient times that the greatest military victories are those achieved without firing a single shot. One of the means to do so is currently also one of the problems seen […]
CORPORATE
Reinstating conscription in Lithuania: bringing society back into defence?
In 2015, with the security environment on NATO‘s eastern frontiers deteriorating as a result of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, Lithuania made a rather sudden and dramatic decision to resume the mandatory military draft and thus […]
European Union
Politics
Kremlin-linked bank advisor’s Lithuanian residence permit not extended
The Lithuanian Migration Department decided last week not to extend the residence permit of Anton Treushnikov, an advisor to the council of a bank linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the department’s director has confirmed to Laisvės TV. […]